wrote:

When we were having our house remodeled, the contractor used a 1 inch
square piece of wood with all the cabinet measurements on it. I
haven't seen anyone else use this system of making cabinets. Is this
an old system not used any more? Can't really find anything of much
substance on the internet either. Thanks for your time and efforts.

It's called story stick. Here's an article explaining the details:
http://www.huntfamily.com/metz/storystick.htm

Wolfgang
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